From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdecodede‧code /ˌdiːˈkəʊd $ -ˈkoʊd/ verb [transitive]1FIND OUTto discover the meaning of a message written in a code (=a set of secretsigns or letters) syn decipher2if a computer decodesdata, it receives it and changes it into a form that can be used by the computer or understood by a person opp encodeThe software decodes the information embedded in the satellite broadcasts.3to receive electronic or digitalsignals and change them into a picture and sound for a television or radio opp encodedecoding boxes for your TV set4SL technical to understand the meaning of a word opp encode→ See Verb table